Day 4 Chiang Kong to Chiang Mai

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1st May 2012



"HELLO... CHIANG MAI !!!"


Route: We took the cross road from Chiang Kong to Chiang Rai and very nice curly road from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai.. The cross road from Chiang Kong to Chiang Rai involved road under construction.. huhuhu!! pity my lady versys..

Mileage: Cannot recall exactly.. about 300-350 km
Hotel: Pornping Tower Hotel
Rate: 1200-1500 baht
Riding Hours: Arrived Chiang Mai about 8pm (Local time)
Petrol: Topup 400 baht

Chiang Kong heading to Chiang Rai

Cross road to Chiang Rai.. huhuhu..

About to reach Chiang Mai.. Not so much photo coz the photographer busy with corners..hehe.. Check my next post!!!

Hello Chiang Mai..!!

Next Thread :Day 5 Chiang Mai (Doi Inthanon) (Rest Day) <-- click here UPDATED !!!



27-28/04/2012 Day 1 KL to Chaam <-- click here UPDATED !!!
29/04/2012 Day 2 Chaam to Phitsanulok <-- click here UPDATED !!!
30/04/2012 Day 3 Phitsanulok to Mae Sai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
01/05/2012 Day 4 Mae Sai to Chiang Saen (Golden Triangle) <-- click here UPDATED !!!
01/05/2012 Day 4 Chiang Saen (Golden Triangle) to Chiang Kong <-- click here UPDATED !!!
01/05/2012 Day 4 Chiang Kong to Chiang Mai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
02/05/2012 Day 5 Chiang Mai (Doi Inthanon) (Rest Day) <-- click here UPDATED !!!
02/05/2012 Day 5 Night at Chiang Mai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
03/05/2012 Day 6 Chiang Mai to Samoeng <-- click here UPDATED !!!
03/05/2012 Day 6 Samoeng to Pai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
03/05/2012 Day 6 Night at Pai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
04/05/2012 Day 7 Pai to Mae Hong Son - Part 1 <-- click here UPDATED !!!
04/05/2012 Day 7 Pai to Mae Hong Son - Part 2 <-- click here UPDATED !!!
04/05/2012 Day 7 Night at Mae Hong Son <-- click here UPDATED !!!
05/05/2012 Day 8 Mae Hong Son to Mae Sot- Part 1 <-- click here UPDATED !!!
05/05/2012 Day 8 Mae Hong Son to Mae Sot - Part 2 <-- click here UPDATED !!!
05/05/2012 Day 8 Night at Mae Sot <-- click here UPDATED !!!
06/05/2012 Day 9 Mae Sot to Kanchanaburi <-- click here UPDATED !!!
07/05/2012 Day 10 Kanchanaburi (Rest Day) <-- click here UPDATED !!!
08/05/2012 Day 11 Kanchanaburi to Suratthani <-- click here UPDATED !!!
09/05/2012 Day 12 Suratthani to Koh Samui <-- click here UPDATED !!!
10/05/2012 Day 13 Koh Samui to Sadao <-- click here UPDATED !!!
11/05/2012 Day 14 Sadao to KL <-- click here UPDATED !!!

Day 4 Chiang Saen (Golden Triangle) to Chiang Kong

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1st May 2012




"VIEW OF LAOS FROM CHIANG KONG "


Route: Chiang Saen - Chiang Kong
Mileage : About 60km

After photo session at Golden Triangle... 3 of us straight to Chiang Kong... Early of the journey, we were using the same road next to Mekong River... After that, the road roads start climbing the hill.. Chiang Kong is mainly visited as a stop-off point route to the ferry crossing to Laos. Chiang Khong is the Thai counterpart to the Laos border town of Huay Xai, just across the Mekong River. Hmm.. I have a dream to visit Laos...will come here back later (But still donnno when..hahhaha....)

Uphill and downhill

Doi Huaisai Man.. Heaven for climbers..

Huaisai Man is a one of Thailand National Forest Park

Arrived Chiang Kong

Chiang Kong Port.. Can see Laos from here..  the Laos Custom office...

Have drinks and chatting here.... Hmmm.. Planning to Laos started here... Hei... we already late... we are heading to Chiang Mai stay there tonight..!! On The Bike..!!!

Next Thread: Day 4 Chiang Kong to Chiang Mai <-- click here UPDATED !!!

27-28/04/2012 Day 1 KL to Chaam <-- click here UPDATED !!!

29/04/2012 Day 2 Chaam to Phitsanulok <-- click here UPDATED !!!

30/04/2012 Day 3 Phitsanulok to Mae Sai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
01/05/2012 Day 4 Mae Sai to Chiang Saen (Golden Triangle) <-- click here UPDATED !!!
01/05/2012 Day 4 Chiang Saen (Golden Triangle) to Chiang Kong <-- click here UPDATED !!!
01/05/2012 Day 4 Chiang Kong to Chiang Mai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
02/05/2012 Day 5 Chiang Mai (Doi Inthanon) (Rest Day) <-- click here UPDATED !!!
02/05/2012 Day 5 Night at Chiang Mai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
03/05/2012 Day 6 Chiang Mai to Samoeng <-- click here UPDATED !!!
03/05/2012 Day 6 Samoeng to Pai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
03/05/2012 Day 6 Night at Pai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
04/05/2012 Day 7 Pai to Mae Hong Son - Part 1 <-- click here UPDATED !!!
04/05/2012 Day 7 Pai to Mae Hong Son - Part 2 <-- click here UPDATED !!!
04/05/2012 Day 7 Night at Mae Hong Son <-- click here UPDATED !!!
05/05/2012 Day 8 Mae Hong Son to Mae Sot- Part 1 <-- click here UPDATED !!!
05/05/2012 Day 8 Mae Hong Son to Mae Sot - Part 2 <-- click here UPDATED !!!
05/05/2012 Day 8 Night at Mae Sot <-- click here UPDATED !!!
06/05/2012 Day 9 Mae Sot to Kanchanaburi <-- click here UPDATED !!!
07/05/2012 Day 10 Kanchanaburi (Rest Day) <-- click here UPDATED !!!
08/05/2012 Day 11 Kanchanaburi to Suratthani <-- click here UPDATED !!!
09/05/2012 Day 12 Suratthani to Koh Samui <-- click here UPDATED !!!
10/05/2012 Day 13 Koh Samui to Sadao <-- click here UPDATED !!!
11/05/2012 Day 14 Sadao to KL <-- click here UPDATED !!!

Day 4 Mae Sai to Chiang Saen (Golden Triangle)

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1st May 2012


"VISITING GOLDEN TRIANGLE "

         
Route: Mae Sai to Chiang Saen (Golden Triangle)
Mileage: About 40km from Mae Sai

Exit the border town & heading to Golden Triangle..

Using same road to 2nd Friendship Bridge to Myanmar...

Stop here at Hall of Opium..just before Golden Triangle.. To me, this is a must visit place..!!

Taking photo inside the building is forbidden. But we was supprised on how they demonstrate the opium history here in Thailand.

In the late 1920's, Thailand was importing most of the opium in required. Back then, opium smoking was tolerated much like tobacco smoking is tolerated today. In the early 1930's, a British adviser to Thailand's Ministry of Finance developed a plan for the legal production of opium by hilltribe people in the provinces of Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai. The aim then was to by-pass having to purchase expensive opium from India. It is no wonder that Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai provinces produced a large amount of opium.



Opium generals, fled to Southeast Asia after coming to power in Communist China, created at the intersection of the borders of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand, creating the popular opium triangle. People from China started to sell opium to the West using the works of mountain tribes, who were already familiar with the cultivation of poppy. At the end of the twentieth century, the Thai authorities conducted a massive operation, taking the north of the country under their control, thus eliminating from the area of a triangle, Thailand, and introducing penalties for the involvement in drug trafficking.  

Since Thailand banned opium in the year 1959, hilltribe people were given a chance to replace their crops with other high-value crops such as cut flowers and sub-tropical fruits.

Photo at the Golden Triangle.. never knows when will come here again...

Next Thread : Day 4 Chiang Saen (Golden Triangle) <-- click here UPDATED !!!

27-28/04/2012 Day 1 KL to Chaam <-- click here UPDATED !!!
29/04/2012 Day 2 Chaam to Phitsanulok <-- click here UPDATED !!!
30/04/2012 Day 3 Phitsanulok to Mae Sai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
01/05/2012 Day 4 Mae Sai to Chiang Saen (Golden Triangle) <-- click here UPDATED !!!
01/05/2012 Day 4 Chiang Saen (Golden Triangle) to Chiang Kong <-- click here UPDATED !!!
01/05/2012 Day 4 Chiang Kong to Chiang Mai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
02/05/2012 Day 5 Chiang Mai (Doi Inthanon) (Rest Day) <-- click here UPDATED !!!
02/05/2012 Day 5 Night at Chiang Mai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
03/05/2012 Day 6 Chiang Mai to Samoeng <-- click here UPDATED !!!
03/05/2012 Day 6 Samoeng to Pai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
03/05/2012 Day 6 Night at Pai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
04/05/2012 Day 7 Pai to Mae Hong Son - Part 1 <-- click here UPDATED !!!
04/05/2012 Day 7 Pai to Mae Hong Son - Part 2 <-- click here UPDATED !!!
04/05/2012 Day 7 Night at Mae Hong Son <-- click here UPDATED !!!
05/05/2012 Day 8 Mae Hong Son to Mae Sot- Part 1 <-- click here UPDATED !!!
05/05/2012 Day 8 Mae Hong Son to Mae Sot - Part 2 <-- click here UPDATED !!!
05/05/2012 Day 8 Night at Mae Sot <-- click here UPDATED !!!
06/05/2012 Day 9 Mae Sot to Kanchanaburi <-- click here UPDATED !!!
07/05/2012 Day 10 Kanchanaburi (Rest Day) <-- click here UPDATED !!!
08/05/2012 Day 11 Kanchanaburi to Suratthani <-- click here UPDATED !!!
09/05/2012 Day 12 Suratthani to Koh Samui <-- click here UPDATED !!!
10/05/2012 Day 13 Koh Samui to Sadao <-- click here UPDATED !!!
11/05/2012 Day 14 Sadao to KL <-- click here UPDATED !!!

Day 3 Phitsanulok to Mae Sai

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30 April 2012

"VISITING BORDER TOWN"

         
Route: Phitsanulok - Uttradit - Phrae - Song - Ngao - Phayao - Phan - Chiang Rai - Mae Sai
Mileage: 530 km
Hotel: Piyaporn Prince Hotel
Rate: 1000-1200 baht
Riding Hours: 10hrs
Petrol: 200 + 330 + 380 baht

The destination is to Mae Sai. Mae Sai is the northern-most city of Thailand. It is mainly a stepping stone for visits to Myanmar and has few attractions of its own. My dream is to cross the bridge into Tachileik, Myanmar. But an entry permit valid for up to 14 days costs 500 baht or 17 US$. Travellers using this option are given a paper entry permit and their passports are held at the immigration office until they return to Thailand. Here i share the ride photo:

Our hotel at Phitsanulok.. Very near to Mosque. Easy to find halal food..

Got 'Roti Canai' here.. View near the restaurant..

Vrooommm to Mae Sai..

Rest rest rest...

hitted by a storm, the boots have yet to dry

Rimee play with his V1000

I thought it is a Transformer.. apparently it is a rice harvest machine

Arrived Chiang Rai.. Quite busy town.. Can see quite a number halal restaurant here..

Mueang Chiang Rai is a city in Amphoe Mueang Chiang Rai, Changwat Chiang Rai. Chiang Rai is the northernmost large city in Thailand.

Heading to Mae Sai.. Can see already signboard to Chiang Shien (Golden Triangle). That will be tomorrow's destination..

Night at Mae Sai. Infront of Burma gateway.. Trying to find halal dinner here...

I was here.. Top North of Thailand..

Going back to hotel.. Discuss route for tomorrow..

 Next Thread: Day 4 Mae Sai to Chiang Saen <-- click here UPDATED !!!




27-28/04/2012 Day 1 KL to Chaam <-- click here UPDATED !!!
29/04/2012  Day 2 Chaam to Phitsanulok <-- click here UPDATED !!!
30/04/2012 Day 3 Phitsanulok to Mae Sai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
01/05/2012 Day 4 Mae Sai to Chiang Saen (Golden Triangle) <-- click here UPDATED !!!
01/05/2012 Day 4 Chiang Saen (Golden Triangle) to Chiang Kong <-- click here UPDATED !!!
01/05/2012 Day 4 Chiang Kong to Chiang Mai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
02/05/2012 Day 5 Chiang Mai (Doi Inthanon) (Rest Day) <-- click here UPDATED !!!
02/05/2012 Day 5 Night at Chiang Mai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
03/05/2012 Day 6 Chiang Mai to Samoeng <-- click here UPDATED !!!
03/05/2012 Day 6 Samoeng to Pai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
03/05/2012 Day 6 Night at Pai <-- click here UPDATED !!!
04/05/2012 Day 7 Pai to Mae Hong Son - Part 1 <-- click here UPDATED !!!
04/05/2012 Day 7 Pai to Mae Hong Son - Part 2 <-- click here UPDATED !!!
04/05/2012 Day 7 Night at Mae Hong Son <-- click here UPDATED !!!
05/05/2012 Day 8 Mae Hong Son to Mae Sot- Part 1 <-- click here UPDATED !!!
05/05/2012 Day 8 Mae Hong Son to Mae Sot - Part 2 <-- click here UPDATED !!!
05/05/2012 Day 8 Night at Mae Sot <-- click here UPDATED !!!
06/05/2012 Day 9 Mae Sot to Kanchanaburi <-- click here UPDATED !!!
07/05/2012 Day 10 Kanchanaburi (Rest Day) <-- click here UPDATED !!!
08/05/2012 Day 11 Kanchanaburi to Suratthani <-- click here UPDATED !!!
09/05/2012 Day 12 Suratthani to Koh Samui <-- click here UPDATED !!!
10/05/2012 Day 13 Koh Samui to Sadao <-- click here UPDATED !!!
11/05/2012 Day 14 Sadao to KL <-- click here UPDATED !!!